Video Aberdeen Harbour Board - Pilot
published on 7 February 2020
Opinion How to recognise a fake pilot ladder
by Gary Clay - published on 4 May 2023
Video My First MEGA SHIP Voyage - Didn't See This Coming!
published on 19 August 2025
Opinion The valet parker for ships
by Bianca Reineke - published on 14 November 2020
Video From a seaman. Gabon, Baie du Prince, 2012.
published on 30 June 2021
Article Houston Pilots Practice Part Art, Part Science in Guiding Ships to Port
published on 11 November 2020
Maritime pilots trace the roots of their profession back to the ancient Greeks and Romans when incoming ship captains employed experienced local fisherman to guide their merchant vessels safely into port. It’s a legacy of skill, strength, and sharp wits, and our Houston Pilots (“Pilots”) have been meeting vessels at Galveston’s bar to carry on these proud traditions for just shy of 100 years.
Video Live test: Backpack & Lifejacket?
published on 30 September 2021
Video Maiden call Ever Act, Worlds largest eases from Felixstowe 9 with 4 Svitzer tugs 27th October 2021
published on 29 October 2021
The Ever Act, the worlds largest and the second to be built out of a series of 12 record breaking vessels prepares to depart Felixstowe Berth 9 with a maximum draught of 10.2 metres for her next port of Hamburg. As the DFDS ferry was heading inbound at the North Shipwash, Harwich VTS had asked then to make best speed so they planned to get the Suecia Seaways through before the Ever Act broke away. A Harwich Haven Pilot Launch heads over from Harwich with a pilot for the Ever Act....